Welcome to Interactive Norfolk

Interactive Norfolk, is a web mapping application that gives users the ability to view and interact with

various GIS map layers. Layers include, but not limited to:

• Libraries

• Schools and boundaries

• Polling locations, boundaries, precincts

• Wards and Super Wards

• Survey Control Monuments

• Stormwater structures and pipes

• Hurricane storm surges

• Wetlands

• Hurricane Storm Surge

• City facilities

• Trash/recycle days

• ZIP code boundaries

• Civic Leagues

• Neighborhood Service Areas

• Parks and Rec centers

• Zoning

• Planning District

• Flood zones

• Property Data

• Hospitals, Fire Stations, Police stations

• Street Centerlines

• Aerial Photography

OPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME

When you open Norfolk Interactive for the first time, you will be presented with disclaimer as seen on

the image below. Users of this applications must agree to the terms to proceed further.

THE APPLICATION

This is your main map. To navigate within this map, you simply “click and drag” to pan

across the map. To zoom in and out, use your scroll wheel on your mouse. You can also use the

navigation buttons (#2 in the graphic above.)

*On mobile devices, press your finger onto the map and drag your finger across the screen. To

zoom in and out, use the pinch-to-zoom motion.

Navigation buttons: + Zoom in, - Zoom out, Home will reset the map extant

to the whole city.

Search box – You can perform various types of

searches within this search box (Address, Block, GPIN, Intersection, Tax Account Number). Click on

the Down Arrow to select the type of search you would like to perform. When you enter a place-

name or a keyword in the search box, you see suggestions as you type.

Toolbar – Click on the icons to activate the widget.

The Layer List widget provides a list of operational layers and their symbols, and allows

you to turn individual layers on and off. Each layer in the list has a check box that allows you to

easily control its visibility. Layers having expansion arrows indicate that they contain sublayers

or subtypes. The order in which layers appear in this widget corresponds to the layer order in

the map. This widget provides functionality allowing you to change the order of layers in the

map.

Clicking on features that you add to the map will generate a pop-up for more information

The Legend widget displays labels and symbols for layers in the map. Here is an

example of what the legend looks like:

The measurement widget.

Point measurements

Click the point measurement icon and click a point on the map. The Measurement widget

displays the coordinates for the point in Degrees (decimal). You may change the coordinate

display format to degrees/minutes/seconds by changing the Degrees drop-down to DMS.

Polyline measurements

Click the polyline measurement icon and draw a polyline on the map by clicking two or

more points. Double-click to finish drawing the polyline. The Measurement widget displays the

total length of the polyline, using the defined Default Length Unit. To change the length unit,

select the applicable unit of measure from the Miles drop-down menu.

Polygon measurements

Click the polygon measurement icon and draw a polygon on the map by clicking three or

more points. Double-click to finish drawing the polygon. The Measurement widget displays the

total area of the polygon, using the defined Default Area Unit. To change the area unit, select

the applicable unit of measure from the Sq Miles drop-down menu.

The print widget.

Using the Print widget

1. Click the print icon to open the Print widget.

2. Enter a title for the map in the Map Title text box.

3. Select the applicable Layout and Format for the exported map.

Note: For best results use Letter ANSI A Landscape for Layout and JPG for Format

*The MAP_ONLY format prints only the map, omitting any marginal information from the

output.

4. Click Advanced to open a menu with advanced print options.

The Map scale/extent section defines the method that the print service should use to calculate

the printed extent of the map. Preserving map scale may cause the printed map to maintain its

scale while recalculating the extent around the existing center point, while preserving the map

extent may cause the scale to adjust to fit the current map extent into the printed map. You

may also force a specific scale by checking the Force scale option and entering a scale.

Click current to populate the value with the present scale of the map.

Note: For best results, select the map extant option for Preserve.

The Layout metadata allows you to override the default values set by the configuration. Enter

values for the Author and Copyright fields to provide current information to the print service.

Check the Include legend check box to display the legend on the printed map.

If the MAP_ONLY format is selected, you may provide dimensions for the Width and Height in

pixels. Otherwise, these values are ignored.

The Print quality section allows you to update the resolution of the printed map. Provide an

updated value for the DPI (dots per inch) in the text box.

5. After all options have been set with the applicable values, click Print to submit all

information to the print service. A progress bar displays next to the executing task.

6. Upon the completion of the print job, a link to the print output displays. Click the task to

open the file in a new window.

7. Click Clear Prints to clear the print history.

The bookmark widget.

To add bookmarks, zoom to your desired location on your map, name your bookmark in the text

box, and click the + icon next to the text box. To delete a bookmark, click the bookmark icon to

highlight it first, and click the Delete button to delete it.

The draw widget

The Draw widget allows you to create graphics that display on the map. It optionally adds line

distance or polygon area to the feature as text.

The Draw widget enables end users to draw basic graphics and text onto the map. It provides basic

sketching and redlining functionality for the web application. It also displays some measurements (if

configured) for drawn features, such as lengths for lines, and areas and/or perimeters for polygons.

When the widget initially activates, a dialog box shows containing 11 feature creation tools. From

left to right, they are as follows:

Point

Line

Polyline

Freehand Line

Triangle

Rectangle

Circle

Ellipse

Polygon

Freehand Polygon

Text

Using the Draw widget

1. Select the desired drawing mode by clicking the

symbol type.

2. Optionally, change the symbol for the feature using

the symbol picker in the Draw widget.

a. For point symbols, select the marker

category (different symbols are available in

each category), size, color, transparency,

outline color, and outline width of the

symbol. Only the size is available for the

picture marker symbols.

b. For line symbols, select a pre-defined symbol

from the box. You may also customize the

color, style, transparency, and width of the

symbol. Click Show Measurements and

select the Distance Units to display the

measurement with the line.

c. For polygon symbols, select a pre-defined

symbol from the box. You may also

customize the fill color, transparency, outline

color, and outline width of the symbol.

Click Show Measurements and select

the Area Units and Distance Units to display

the measurement with the polygon.

d. For text symbols, enter the Text to be drawn,

and select a font color and size for the

symbol.

3. Draw features and texts on the map.

4. If the Add the drawing as an operational layer of

the map option is checked, open Layer List widget,

you will see Draw_Results layer.

5. Click Undo or Redo to undo or redo the drawing

features. Click Clear to remove all of them.

The Overview map. To view the overview map, click on the arrow located at the top right

corner of the map screen. The current extent of the map is represented in the overview map as a grey

rectangle that can be dragged to modify the extent of the current view.